Sentences with phrase «of school walkouts»

The town hall followed a day of school walkouts around the country to demand a ban on assault - style rifles like the one Cruz was able to buy when he was 18 years old.

One group of students demonstrated how to recognize the Parkland shooting without politicizing it in a special kind of tribute last week, in lieu of the school walkout for gun control.

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On Wednesday, students around the country are planning to leave class as part of the National School Walkout.

Another national walkout, organized by a different group of students, is planned for April 20, the 19th anniversary of the 1999 attack at Colorado's Columbine High School that killed 12 students and a teacher and left two dozen more injured.

Kenidra Woods, a 17 - year - old junior from St. Louis, was already advocating for more discussion of self - harm and mental health among teens before Parkland, after which she sprang into action to help conduct a walkout at her school in February in solidarity.

While many school districts were supportive of the protests, some schools threatened to punish students participating in walkouts.

«In just less than a month, there have been thousands of schools that have signed up to do this walkout,» McNaboe, from rural West Virginia, said.

«Students and staff have the right to teach and learn in an environment free from the worry of being gunned down in their classrooms or on their way home from school,» Women's March organizers, who are setting up the school walkout, said in a statement.

The walkout, «Stand for the Second,» is a response to the March 14 National School Walkout that called for gun control policy measures while honoring the one - month anniversary of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fwalkout, «Stand for the Second,» is a response to the March 14 National School Walkout that called for gun control policy measures while honoring the one - month anniversary of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FWalkout that called for gun control policy measures while honoring the one - month anniversary of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

Students across the country are walking out of class at 10 am local time on Wednesday, March 14, for the National Student Walkout to honor the one - month anniversary of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

During the Muscogee County School Board meeting Monday night, three Columbus residents criticized the administration for the alternative activity it conducted instead of letting students participate in the National School Walkout.

The aunt of a Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting victim attended a walkout Wednesday at the Parkland, Florida, high school where her niece was killed on Feb. 14.

Teachers in Arizona and Colorado turned their state Capitols into a sea of red Thursday as they kicked off widespread walkouts that shut down public schools in a bid for better pay and education funding, building on educator revolt that emerged elsewhere in the U.S. but whose political prospects were not clear.

Murdock created her protest independent of the March 14 National School walkout, which the Women's March helped organize.

On March 14, students at Lewis Middle School in Allied Gardens joined hundreds of thousands of other students from across the country in a walkout to protest gun violence in schools following the death of 17 students at Marjory Stoneman Douglass High School in Parkland, Florida one month earlier.

Students from Chicago say that they plan on walking out of school this month, joining activists around the country in the National School Walkout and the March for Our Lives events, and they've extended an invitation for Parkland students to visit Chschool this month, joining activists around the country in the National School Walkout and the March for Our Lives events, and they've extended an invitation for Parkland students to visit ChSchool Walkout and the March for Our Lives events, and they've extended an invitation for Parkland students to visit Chicago.

Students of West Boca High School staged a walkout Feb. 20, 2018, and left campus to march to Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in the hopes of sending a message on gun violence.

As students across the country walked out of their schools for the National Student Walkout in honor of the one - month anniversary of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, House lawmakers passed a narrow gun violence prevention measure with overwhelming bipartisan support.

Close to a million students stood up and streamed out of classrooms across the country last week as part of the National School Walkout, which honored the victims of the Parkland shooting one month ago and called on lawmakers to pass gun control legislation.

By the end of the day Wednesday, more than 3,100 walkouts had taken place at schools nationwide (and a few internationally), according to Women's March Youth Empower.

Another national school walkout is planned for April 20, the anniversary of the Columbine shooting.

The walkout unfolded amid a reinvigorated national debate over gun control and school safety, spurred in part by student survivors of the Parkland shooting.

There's a call for a national school walkout on April 20th, which is the 19th anniversary of Columbine.

On March 24, students will gather in Washington, DC, and other cities for March for Our Lives, and students will participate in another school walkout on April 20, on the anniversary of the Columbine shooting.

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Lane Murdock, a sophomore at Ridgefield High School in Connecticut who started a petition for the idea of an April 20 walkout, told Vox these protests are more than symbolic.

One month later, young people organized a nationwide school walkout, lasting seventeen minutes to honor each of the dead.

The walkout staged by Chicago Public Schools teachers this week had a ripple effect on thousands of children throughout the city.

Students from dozens of schools across the city are planning to take part in a 17 - minute walkout Wednesday morning, with each minute representing a life lost during the Feb. 14 mass shooting at a Florida high school.

If the strike is not settled over the weekend, Monday will be the 15th day of the walkout, tying the record set in 1983 for the longest school strike in Chicago history.

A threat posted on Facebook last night prompted a number of Scotia - Glenville parents to pull their children out of school today — the day of a planned walkout to protest gun violence, district officials said.

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Thousands of students across the country participated in another school walkout today — the 19th anniversary of the Columbine shooting.

Nik Jones, from Wolsingham School and Community College in County Durham, is one of thousands of members of the National Union of Teachers taking part in the walkout.

The walkout is being held today, because it is the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting.

The aunt of a Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting victim attended a walkout Wednesday at the Parkland, Florida, high school where her niece was killed on Feb. 14.

The FFDC Executive Board has passed a resolution proclaiming that we stand in solidarity with the call by students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School for a School Walkout on March 14, 2018, to promote the enactment of common sense gun safety...

«Gun control now,» Cuomo chanted, reclining on the sidewalk in his black suit and tie, along with students and teachers from nearby Leadership & Public Service High School who joined in nationwide school walkouts on the one - month anniversary of the Parkland shoSchool who joined in nationwide school walkouts on the one - month anniversary of the Parkland shoschool walkouts on the one - month anniversary of the Parkland shooting.

The impasse means a range of public services including libraries, courts and schools are expected to be hit in the mass walkout this Wednesday.

WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WBEN)- Across the nation on Wednesday, thousands of students will partake in a school walkout in response to gun violence in America.

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Parkland students are participating in the national walkout — which is also the 19th anniversary of the shooting deaths of 13 people at Columbine High School in Colorado.

Croton - Harmon High School is one of many across the nation that participated in National Walkout Day

The day of walkouts comes at a time of daily threats, many unfounded, to schools around the region, causing lockdowns and increased security.

The walkout is also set to hit four out of five schools, affecting seven million children, as union members defy calls from David Cameron to call off the industrial action.

On March 14th, inspired by the students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas, and in support of National School Walkout Day, students at PS 58 participated... Read More